Jean Penick Watkins

Background

Penick Watkins, Jean was born on July 16, 1953 in Lexington, Virginia, United States.

Education

University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). College of William and Mary (Juris Doctor, 1982).

Career

Worked at Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice, Litigation, Corporate, Banking, Antitrust, Insurance, Bond, Securities, Trust, Estate, Tax, Labor, Bankruptcy and Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Virginia. Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa.

Member, William and Mary Law Review, 1982.

Member: Richmond, Virginia and American (Member: Business Law Section. Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities) Bar Associations.

Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership with approximately 130 lawyers at year-end 1996, is one of the three largest law firms in the State of Virginia and the third largest in the Richmond metropolitan area. The firm traces its origins to the 1920s.

The firm expanded into Northern Virginia in 1987 (see McLean, Virginia listing), opened its Norfolk office in 1989 (see Norfolk, Virginia listing) and its Virginia Beach office in January, 1996 (See Virginia Beach, Virginia listing).

Mays & Valentine is a full-service firm representing a wide diversity of corporate, institutional, governmental and individual clients.

Achievements

• Jean Penick Watkins has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, William and Mary Law Review, 1982. Member: Richmond, Virginia and American (Member: Business Law Section. Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities) Bar Associations.